Chapter 13Lesson 1

Question 1

In 1920 census, how many Americans lived in communities with populations of 2500+

Answer 1

51.2%

Question 2

At the beginning of the 1920s, what was the population in NY

Chi

Philly

Answer 2

5.6 million

3 million

2 million

Question 3

For small town migrants adapting to the urban environment demanded changes in_______ and _____

Answer 3

thinking and everyday living

Question 4

The city was a world of ________ people were judged by accomplishments. Streets were filled with strangers

Answer 4

competion

Question 5

City dwellers were educated/uneducated

Answer 5

educated mostly

Question 6

City dwellers tolerated what kind of behavior

Answer 6

drinking, gambling, casual dating

Question 7

What was one vigorous clash between towns and cities, after the 18th amendment was passed?

Answer 7

Prohibition

Question 8

What was prohibition?

Answer 8

Basically the ban of alcohol

• This included
• manufacturing
• sale
• transportation

Question 9

Why did reformers want to ban alcohol

Answer 9

They associated it with corruption, crime, abuse, and accidents

Question 10

Where did support for Prohibition come from?

Answer 10

The southwest, and mostly the Protestants

Question 11

The Anti Saloon League and the WCTM

Answer 11

helped push legislation through

Question 12

What was the Volstead Act:

Answer 12

Established a Prohibition Bureau in ithe Treasury Department in 1919

Question 13

What happened to the Prohibition Bureau?

Answer 13

It was underfunded

Question 14

What was the jobs of prohibition enforcers?

Answer 14

Patrolling 18700 miles of coastline as well as inland boarders. They tracted down illegal stills and monitered high ways

Question 15

Who was the enforcer jobs given too?

Answer 15

1500 poorly paid federal agents and police

Question 16

How did people obtain liquor illegaly?

Answer 16

Underground to saloons and nightclubs

Question 17

What were the night clubs known as?

Answer 17

Speakeasies

Question 18

Why were speakeasies called speakeasies?

Answer 18

Because one spoke quietly. To avoid detection. T

Question 19

Where could speakeasies be found?

Answer 19

Everywhere in penthouses, cellars, office buildings, rooming houses, tenements, hardware stores, and tea rooms.

Question 20

How would you get into a speakeasie?

Answer 20

You had to present a card, or use a password. People soon learned how to distill alcohol

Question 21

What were bootleggers>

Answer 21

They were people who smuggled liquor-and sold it to people

Question 22

Which gangster lived in Chicago?

Answer 22

Al Capone

Question 23

Who was Al Capone?

Answer 23

He was a bootlegging gangster whi eaned 60 million a year. He also had about 522 gang killings

Question 24

In the mid 1920s, what percentage of Americans supported Prohibition?

Answer 24

19%

Question 25

What amendment repealled the 18th amendment

Answer 25

the 21st

Question 26

What were some causes of prohibition

Answer 26

• Religious groups thought that it was sinful
• Protect publics health
• Alcohol led to crime
• Hostility towards groups that used alcohol

Question 27

What were effects of prohibition?

Answer 27

• consumption of alcohol declined
• disrespect for the law developed
• increase in bootlegging
• new source of income for criminals
• organized crime

Question 28

what was fundamentalism?

Answer 28

A protestant movement that was grounded in a literal or non symbolix interpretation of the Bible

Question 29

What did the fundamentalists believe in?

Answer 29

The disregarded the theory in evolution

Question 30

How did fundamentalism express itself in several ways.

Question 31

IN March 1925 what law did tennassee pass?

Answer 31

Made it illegal to teach evolution, the American Civil Liberties Union promised to defend any teacher that did so.

Question 32

John T Scopes was the defense because he read a passage from Civic Biology. Who was his defense lawyer?

Answer 32

Clarence Darrow

Question 33

Who was the charger in the trial

Answer 33

William Jennings Brian

Question 34

What was the outcome of the trial?

Answer 34

Scopes was guilty and was fined 100$